The Bunyip |
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| Title : | The Bunyip |
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| Creator : | Worsnop, Thomas | ||
| Source : | The prehistoric arts, manufactures, works, weapons, etc., of the aborigines of Australia | ||
| Place Of Creation : | Adelaide | ||
| Publisher : | C. E. Bristow, Government Printer | ||
| Date of creation : | 1897 | ||
| Format : | Book | ||
| Dimensions : | 214 x 144 x 24 mm | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Description : |
Thomas Worsnop writes that the bunyip is a widespread tradition among Aboriginal peoples in Australia, that 'bunyip' is the term for the creature in South Australia and New South Wales, but the communities of the other colonies have different names for this mythical creature. Plate 83 reproduces a sketch of the River Murray bunyip drawn by an Aboriginal man in 1848. |
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| Period : | 1836-1851 |
| Region : | Riverland and Murraylands |
| Further reading : | Barrett, Charles. The bunyip and other mythical monsters and legend, Melbourne : Reed & Harris, 1946 |
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